Predatory Behavior and Web Structure of Meta menardi (Araneae: Tetragnathidae).

Yoshida, Makoto; Shinkai, Akira

doi:10.2476/asjaa.42.21

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“…Though Hormiga et al (1995) listed Tetragnatha also as a genus without attack wrapping, I observed that T. praedonia attacked some types of large prey by wrapping (Yoshida 1987). On the other hand, following tetragnathid species use attack wrapActa Arachnologica, 49 (2), December 2000 (Eberhard 1982;Yoshida 1987Yoshida , 1990Yoshida & Shinkai 1993; this study). In Nephilinae, all the genera (Nephila, Nephilengys, and Herenia) whose attack behavior was studied, never immobilize the prey by wrapping (Robinson 1975).…”

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“…Metleucauge (Yoshida 1989) and some species of Tetragnatha (Hormiga et al 1995) are included in the former type, though Hormiga et al (1995) did not state what species of Tetragnatha immobilized its prey only by biting. On the other hand, Dolichognatha, Leucauge, Chrysometa, Meta, and Tetragnatha ( T. praedonia) are included in the latter type (Eberhard 1982;Yoshida 1987Yoshida , 1990Yoshida & Shinkai 1993; this study).…”

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“…Leucauge magnifica, Meta reticuloides, M japonica, and Tetragnatha praedonia immobilized large and/or dangerous prey such as damselflies, winged ants, and millipedes, by wrapping (Yoshida 1987(Yoshida , 1990Yoshida & Shinkai 1993; this study). So, attack wrapping may be effective to immobilize such types of prey in tetragnathid spiders as well as araneid spiders.…”

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“…Thereafter, though Eberhard (1982) stated briefly that Dolicognatha spp., Leucauge spp., and Chrysometa spp. used attack wrapping against some types of the prey, the predatory behavior of tetragnahtid spiders has mainly been studied by me (Yoshida 1987(Yoshida , 1989(Yoshida , 1990Yoshida & Shinkai 1993). Yoshida (1989) showed that Metleucauge (MM kompirensis, MM yunohamensis and MM yaginumai) immobilized their prey exclusively by biting.…”

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“…Yoshida (1989) showed that Metleucauge (MM kompirensis, MM yunohamensis and MM yaginumai) immobilized their prey exclusively by biting. On the other hand, Tetragnatha (T. praedonia) and Meta (MM reticuloides and M japonica) used attack wrapping against some types of the prey (Yoshida 1987(Yoshida , 1990Yoshida & Shinkai 1993).…”

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Predatory Behavior of Leucauge magnifica (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)

Yoshida

2000

Acta Arachnologica

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-The predatory behavior of Leucauge magnifica was studied. This species employed five predatory sequences: seize-pull out, bite-pull out, bite-wrap, wrap-bite, and wrap. Attack wrapping was used to subdue various types of prey such as grasshoppers, damselflies, ants and stinkbugs, which may be large and/or dangerous prey. Furthermore, living ants were more frequently immobilized by wrapping than dead ants. It suggests that attack wrapping is an effective method to immobilize large and/or dangerous prey.

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